If swap-out is using filesystem operations (SWP_FS_OPS), then it is not safe to enter the FS for reclaim. So only down-grade the requirement for swap pages to __GFP_IO after checking that SWP_FS_OPS are not being used. Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx> --- mm/vmscan.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c index 969bcdb4ca80..5f460d174b1b 100644 --- a/mm/vmscan.c +++ b/mm/vmscan.c @@ -1465,6 +1465,21 @@ static unsigned int demote_page_list(struct list_head *demote_pages, return nr_succeeded; } +static bool test_may_enter_fs(struct page *page, gfp_t gfp_mask) +{ + if (gfp_mask & __GFP_FS) + return true; + if (!PageSwapCache(page) || !(gfp_mask & __GFP_IO)) + return false; + /* We can "enter_fs" for swap-cache with only __GFP_IO + * providing this isn't SWP_FS_OPS. + * ->flags can be updated non-atomicially (scan_swap_map_slots), + * but that will never affect SWP_FS_OPS, so the data_race + * is safe. + */ + return !data_race(page_swap_info(page)->flags & SWP_FS_OPS); +} + /* * shrink_page_list() returns the number of reclaimed pages */ @@ -1514,8 +1529,7 @@ static unsigned int shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list, if (!sc->may_unmap && page_mapped(page)) goto keep_locked; - may_enter_fs = (sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_FS) || - (PageSwapCache(page) && (sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_IO)); + may_enter_fs = test_may_enter_fs(page, sc->gfp_mask); /* * The number of dirty pages determines if a node is marked @@ -1683,7 +1697,8 @@ static unsigned int shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list, goto activate_locked_split; } - may_enter_fs = true; + may_enter_fs = test_may_enter_fs(page, + sc->gfp_mask); /* Adding to swap updated mapping */ mapping = page_mapping(page);